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| Class | Client |
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| Name | read() |
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| Examples | // Example by Tom Igoe
import processing.net.*;
Client myClient;
int dataIn;
void setup() {
size(200, 200);
// Connect to the local machine at port 5204.
// This example will not run if you haven't
// previously started a server on this port
myClient = new Client(this, "127.0.0.1", 5204);
}
void draw() {
if (myClient.available() > 0) {
dataIn = myClient.read();
}
background(dataIn);
} |
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| Description | Returns a number between 0 and 255 for the next byte that's waiting in the buffer. Returns -1 if there is no byte, although this should be avoided by first cheacking available() to see if any data is available. | ||
| Syntax | client.read() |
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| Parameters |
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| Returns | int | ||
| Usage | Application |
